A Hamilton woman who allegedly left her two toddlers at home alone while she went out for several hours has appeared in court.

The All Blacks end of year tour could be a possibility for injured Waikato winger Sitiveni Sivivatu.

A man has been arrested over a series of firearm incidents in the King Country over the past three days.

The Crafar farming family has lost its appeal against convictions and sentences for dirty dairying practices on a Waikato dairy farm.

Three patrons wrestled a rifle from a man as he attempted to rob a bar after they realised he had fired his only shot into the ceiling.

Waikato band The Good Fun have won the National Final of the Smokefreerockquest.

Police have charged a 22-year-old mother in relation to an alleged child abandonment incident this morning.

Police are speaking to the mother of two young children found home alone early today, surrounded by alcohol cans and a condom.

When neighbours complained of the noise and smell emanating from the local SPCA, the council was bound to investigate.

Police are worried about the health of a Ngaruawahia man who's been missing since Wednesday.

Environment Waikato is worried about the danger of rapidly rising streams and rivers in the next few days.

Take me to the river.

James Russell heads south to the Waikato and a property which offers a range of activities to get the blood pumping.

Three Gisborne teenagers died after a two-vehicle smash on one of the country's worst accident blackspots last night.

Police are investigating whether alcohol played a part in last night's two-vehicle crash on one of NZ's most notorious stretches of highway.

Three people are dead following a collision between a car and a ute in the Waikato tonight.

The identity of a woman at the centre of an alleged $1.4 million Waikato bank fraud has been revealed.